Roofing-tile machine.



O. WALTER, ha.

Booms TILE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. |917.

Pmend Jan. l, 1918. I

we@ JR 0F DE Kew, ILLIEQIS..

EooE-me-TILE MACHINE.

i Specivicetionof Letters Patent.

Patented Janglsll.,

vimplication,ii1el,1tp1'l-6,1915 SerialfNo, 160200...

Twltwwmtmarrer/were'.

Bel it? @we that@ 1.50m. WAM-E1s. residing at De Kalb, in theounty of Dekalb, Stets Qf. 1ll19sUnited States 0f Amuse. here.meetednertein.newnnd useful'mprpvementsin Rociingle Machines, Of Whqhithefcllewingis the Specification Mn. intenties.. relates te. improvements in feeng. tile machines and the object off the invention. sstctincrease the. Capacity.y 0.1% machine. Off this time whereby. e. plurality. Qt; melde-mar. be. emnlcyed; and. mechanism. for. .Similteeeeuelr liftingx the. pallets. in the melde e. Subsidiary.; Qhieet; being tonrovide. a simple means for locking the palletlifftinga mechanismindemnes'. position, further Qtijet; beine: t0n. Prvde Simple means for.A detachab1y.- Securing the needle within. its Sunpcrtineerm .andtfconssts essentially.. of the.. follettiDe,x alrengementf and. cous.tructicnf Off` parte usi-.hereinafter more. particularly. @Xplaned Figure.. l5 is a. general. perspective View. off my dence.

. Fig, 2,- isja. Cross; Sectional View. taken through the upper/f portion T of my., device- Eierf 3.-; is. Setienalldetail: Showing the. Ineens.folaleckingthe lifftingmeohanism .inthe raised position,

In, the; drawings; like letters.-r 0f reference 1 indicate.v corresponding Iparts .in the..r various figures.

l: indicates. the.. main freinet. comprising the.. Upper longitudinal membersand 3; CQILectedfby. ycross membrsetmndigat their v ende. LTile. members. Q--and-B andfeand 5;

form the top frame, which;-,is,supp orted upon stzmdard..legsf,A 7; 8 and 9, the standard legs 6 and 7 being connected together.. by upper and lower cross t bai,s1t),.and 11, and the standard membersS..and.;9,.bycorre sponding cross bars 12 and 13.

14Ik and .1 15 .indicateA the... molds. which are.. formed integral with cross bars 16 and-475# which are supported at their ends upon the longitudinal bars 2 and 3. 1S indicates a bar secured at its ends to the cross bars 10 and 12, such bar extending centrally across the machine. 19 indicates a semi-circular bar portion which is secured at its ends to the cross bars 11 and 13 and extends upwardly beneath the center portion of the bar 18 forming a support therefor. 18X indicates an orifice formed in the cross bar 18 and 19* indicates an orifice formed in the bar 19.

It will be noted; particularly from Eig. 1i that. themolds legand areopenbottom molds.

20 and 21g indicate crossedbarsolocatedib tweenl the mold 15 andi-22 and323indicate crossed bars located beneathz the mold: 14. 243and125l indicate veltcllrods, vthe upper; ends ofywliiclnextend respect-irely through the llteletou Ofi the. Crees. bars 2Q and-2l and and 23 and:l are. suitably, secured therein. 26 indicatesa bar extending be.-

tween the... rnds24 and 125. ,andthrough which thelQClS @esteiidi` 27 indicates adownwardly. Curved; biide'ing vpiece. forming a.Y truss.. sup: P912@ @Xllldng beneath the bar; 2G, the-ends ofi such, bridging piece27 being provided With vertically.A disposediSleeveslike .poi-tions.. Zittend :30 thI'QLlgh which .the rods=24 i and 25*- eXtend, Such rods being.; held. in. position.A by. nuts ,31, bearing against; the lower endoftheportions. 294 and 3.0,-- and nuts/32 :bearingagaillst thesupper. face of the,.1bzu:u26.l The. rods 24.; and 2 5 depend downwardlyA freely. through, orifices v3,21; and f 3.4i formeds. respec-y tively in tltebars18;;and19.

aindCatestheinainf operating-fred, which extends Jfreely; upwardly fthrougli.,OrifiCeslS` and11l9x and is prov-idedfwvitha threaded upper end, which .extendsthrough anforiice. 36; formed 5 in the. bridging bar;y 27 'and aan; orifice, .37.. formed ina-the. bar 26.. 381.'.andfz39f indicate. nuts. `screwed on Atothe .rod i35;-.above and.y below. the...bar-26 and 40.- andleindicate. nutsscrewed .i upon. the rod; 35 .above and below the! bridging. bar 27 1. 42,A 43;: 44 and a45. indicate ypins i extending.. upwardly: from --the cross; bars. 20 andi 2.1:'` through'. orifices46f formed .in lthei `cross bars f. 16:1: and 5175; within).

the moldglrand 47,48,49 andi50f indicate. i

pil-1sextendingupwardly. from Vthe...endssoi the..crosslbars122 fa`ncl23- through orilicesl formed in the cross bars 16 and 17 within the., mold. 14.' 52 indicates.-f-thelV pallets lO- catedawithin the molds 14 and 15. The pallet 52 is provided with a central orifice 53. 54 indicates a rocking rod journaled at its ends in the bars 2 and 3 of the main frame and provided at one end with a crank handle 55. 56 indicates arms formed in two portions 57 and 58 secured together by a bolt 59. The inner opposing faces of the portions 57 and 58 are provided With grooves 60 and 61. 62 indicates a wire needle eX- tending into such grooves and is clamped therein by the bolt 59 when the parts 57 and 58 are drawn together. The arm 56 is ried up through the orilice 53 and' through a portion of the material formingthe tile, to form a perforation therethrough as is*V now commonly done .in tiles of this type.l 63 indicates a foot leverfulcrumed at 64 and connected at its inner end. by a' linkl 65 to the lower end of the operating rod 35. 66 indicates a rocking rod supported in bearings 67 and 68 carried bythe bar 18. The upper end of the rod 66 is provided with a Vweighted crank handleV 69 extending into a limiting slot 70. The opposite o'r inner end of the rod 66 isV provided withv an out-turned portion y71 extending'at an opposite angleto the crank handle 69.

Having described the principal parts in-l volved in my invention I will briefly describe the operation of the same. l The pallets 52 are set in the molds 14 and 15 so as to rest upon the ends of the pins 42, 43, 44-and 45 in the mold 15 and 'on the pins 47, 48, 49 and 50 in the mold 14. The material is -thenl fed into the moldsand when sufficiently set the foot lever 63 is depressed so as to raise the operating rod 35 vertically carrying the cross bars 20 and 21 and 22 and 23 andthe pins 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,48, V49 and 50 carried thereby. upwardly thereby lifting each pallet 52 of the molds 14 and 15 simultaneously to the discharge position, the pallets being automatically locked in Asuch position by the outturned portion 71 being carried to a verticalposition beneath the'nut l41 by the dropping of the yweighted crank handle 69 to its lower position. The pallets andv tiles may then be removed and when removed the crank handle 69 can be again raised so ras to. carry theout-turned end 7lV rombeneath the nut 41 and thereby allow the cross bars 20, 21, and 22and 23 and pins carried thereby to drop'to their normal position ready to receive a new pallet. l

By connecting the cross bars 20 and 21 and 22 and 23by cross bar'26 and bridging bar 27 and frods 24 and 25, which rods pass through orifices formed in the cross bar 18 and truss bar 19 a very rigid construction is provided, which will absolutely insure of cbpies of this patent may be obtained for p Lasagne the even upward simultaneous movement of the pallets when ysuch pallets are raised by the operation'of the'foot lever 63.

By/:providing the locking mechanism as above described it will be seen that when the ,pallets` are raised they are held ina Ito remove the VYpallets and tiles from both molds without any danger of the pallets dropping again into the' mold during theremoval of the first tile andthereby spoiling the remaining'tiles. v Y 1: Vhat'I claim as my invention is Y 1.' In a roofing tile-machine,*the combination'fwith a plurality offopen rbottomed molds,-o raisable' means for supporting 'a palletl Within #each open bottomed mold, means connecting-'such `raisable means to`- gether to-*operate simultaneously, and :a "5

linger swingably supported at its Vlow'erend and adapted to'automatically assumeai ver-y tical position beneath 'theconnecting means to support the raisable means inthe raised u position. p -v Y f g y 2.4 In av roofing tile machine, `the combina# tion with a plurality ofopen bottom molds, of raisable means for supporting ak pallet within each `open bottom mold', fmeansfconfV I A necting such raisable means together to operate simultaneously, aY rocking-rod journaled in suitable bearings, a weighted-crank handle at'one end, and aportionat theopposite end out-turned at an oppositeangle to the crank arm and adapted to be carried by the crank` arm to a'vertical position4 bel neath theconnecting member of theffraisable -means when ksuch raisable-'means are carried to the raised position.v Y i 3:11a a roofing tilemachine, a perforating devicecomprising a suitably j'ournaled rocking rod, a crank handle at one endian'd arms comprising two portions having 'opposg ing grooves adapted toreceive an arc-shaped perforati'ngf needle, and a bolt connecting such portions together to clamp the needles within the grooves. 1 l e `OTTO WALTER,'JR. Witnesses: Y f j v S. A.MILLIGAN,

JNO. HVJARBOE.

ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of4 Patents,V Washington, D. CJ Y 

